Quotes from Sophocles

For God hates utterly the bray of bragging tongues.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.

Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.

Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.

It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.

In season, all is good.

Let every man in mankind's frailtyConsider his last day; and let nonePresume on his good fortune until he findLife, at his death, a memory without pain.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

It is hope that maintains most of mankind.

The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.

The joy that comes past hope and beyond expectation is like no other pleasure in extent.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

It is best to live however one can be.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.